How People Vacation And What They Want When They Travel
From things we want on vacation to the “hush vacation” trend, a recent poll revealed some fascinating insights about how people vacation. The poll of 2,000 split evenly among travelers…
From things we want on vacation to the “hush vacation” trend, a recent poll revealed some fascinating insights about how people vacation. The poll of 2,000 split evenly among travelers and hotel workers was commissioned by Mews a hospitality cloud system and conducted by OnePoll.
How people vacation, here’s what they found.
They found that nearly a third of people admitted they’ve worked remotely on vacation without telling their bosses. They refer to this as a hush vacation. About 52% of them would use their vacation travels as a chance to work remotely and 29% have done so without notifying anyone at work.
Looking further into it, close to four in 10 (39%) explained it was simply because they like what they do for work. Meanwhile, others would work on vacation to hit an important work deadline that overlapped with their vacation time (28%) or to save on their PTO (26%).
For many others, traveling for work opens the door to other opportunities. Nearly half (48%) have extended their work trips into vacations at their destination. Additionally, four in five working Americans would be willing to work remotely from their hotel.
While working from the comfort of one’s hotel room is the top preference (69%), a quarter of respondents said they would prefer to work remotely from the hotel pool or spa, and nearly 25% chose a hotel bar or restaurant.
For many, traveling is a priority.
The survey revealed that three in four travelers (74%) and hotel workers (75%) agree that Americans are prioritizing travel more this year than last.
Seventy-nine percent are planning all their travels for the year “as soon as they possibly can” and estimate they’ll take a total of 11 trips in 2024.
Among the trips planned are three vacations and three family trips; alongside three work trips and two “bleisure” trips. This is combining business with leisure for employed respondents.
What people want on vacation.
Nearly a third of guests stated a perfect hotel would have keyless room entry (34%) and in-room smart home devices (43%) and nearly one-fourth would prefer mobile room entry (27%) and digital ordering (24%).
More than 40% of travelers stated they prefer to check in via a hotel’s website, app or digital kiosk, and nearly 80% said they would be willing to stay at a hotel that had a completely automated front desk or self-service kiosk. A third (36%) admitted they have turned to AI for recommendations while booking travel.
According to travelers, people expect the “perfect” hotels to offer fast wi-fi (70%), a king-sized bed (55%), having a smart TV (54%), and being near attractions (48%).
Check out the complete study and get more vacation insights here.
